I’m confused by your example. Prior to the printing press, hand written books (or any reading material) would not have been accessible to the masses; hence the low literacy rates.
Furthermore, while no one was saying “I’m going to go buy WinZip now”, many were lining up to buy WinRAR?
Finally, the issue with “high quality hand crafted software” is that software and similar projects are made possible through engineering not through artistry.
Simply put:
"Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure." — Henry Petroski
Can confirm that 'cromulent' is in the Oxford English Dictionary [0] ...
>> Acceptable, adequate, satisfactory.
>> Frequently used humorously or ironically in recognition of its origin as an invented word in the television programme The Simpsons (see quot. 1996).
As is 'embiggen', namely 'transitive. To make bigger or greater, to enlarge.'
If any lawyers or FAA employees are reading this I’m genuinely interested in what, if any, legal implications there would be for running nmap mid flight on an airline. Surely once you have spoofed the MAC address and IP of another passenger to gain unauthorized access to the planes LAN you have committed a crime but what about passively scanning?
Op was talking about the front wheels pivoting. Rear wheels do not pivot. Furthermore, the quality is sometimes better on rear tires in a rear wheel drive car if the owner is trying to be frugal and save money when changing their tires. Similarly with front wheel drive drive train, owners will often opt to replace only their front tires as they will wear quicker. This is all due to the traction needed to start the car moving. Now, back to the crux of the question, why fancy park? Reversing and turning creates a wider turn radius, reduced control and greatly increases the size of the cars “blind spot”. A driver can opt to have their driving ability impacted while they safely enter an empty spot by reversing in or deal with the hustle and bustle of reversing into a busy parking lot. Despite the efficiency and obvious gains from “fancy parking” some people have parked forward their entire life and have honed their spacial sense around a certain car or truck making the switch impractical, at least until the purchase of their next vehicle!
Totally besides the point, but the real wheels on some cars actually do pivot! :)
On top of the Honda Prelude, there's also the Porsche 911 GT3, the BMW 7 Series, Audi Q7, Nissan Skyline GT-R (R32, R33, R34 had HICAS), Renault Laguna (only in some European markets), Acura RLX (P-AWS), Lexus GS and LS, Infiniti Q50 and Q60, Mercedes-Benz S-Class, GMC Sierra and Chevrolet Silverado, and then to round out the list, the Lamborghini Aventador and the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta.
I vehemently disagree with this. I find managing vs code extensions a nightmare and having to download them based on rating alone when there are 300 extensions for every query is untenable in a production environment.
Furthermore if you want to customize a vsc extension to do something unique for your set up you have a whole new set of issues like finding the settings, documentation etc.
Now if you can get over all of that it’s still a bulky, slow and cluttered IDE that is constantly sending telemetry data and other nonsense around the web
While I haven’t tried LazyVim I would strongly recommend LunarVim to anyone new to the vim ecosystem. It installs fast, needs minimal set up and packages can be installed with a single line in the config or through packer. Most things work out if the box. But if they don’t vim is so mature you can just ask chatGPT.
Seems like ease of use is also the aim of lazyvim so I would not discourage anyone from trying this flavour as well.
commit these things and stand by them. I've ended a meeting with "I wrote that because of how obvious it is that composing a more detailed comment is not worthwhile and you've negated the point of that by having this meeting. if you really don't understand, have one of the juniors explain" but you better make sure you're right and so right that even the most contrived counterpoint won't hold water or start drafting new resumes
What an amazing project. I will be copying or becoming a customer in the coming weeks. Lots of comments about the high price, I do wish large e-ink displays would come down in price the but for ~$3k this will look good on my office wall , how could I resist. It’s art it is not just tech.
Furthermore, while no one was saying “I’m going to go buy WinZip now”, many were lining up to buy WinRAR?
Finally, the issue with “high quality hand crafted software” is that software and similar projects are made possible through engineering not through artistry.
Simply put:
"Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure." — Henry Petroski